DOHA, October 21. /TASS/. Two people were killed and another two wounded when Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone trying to attack a facility in the country’s east owned by national oil company Saudi Aramco, the Energy Ministry said.

"On Wednesday morning, <…> air defenses intercepted a drone during an attempt to attack a facility in Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Eastern Province," a statement by an Energy Ministry official was quoted as saying by the Saudi Press Agency.

As a result of the operation, a car outside the facility caught fire.

"The attempted attack left two foreigners - citizens of the Philippines and Nepal - dead, and two more persons - citizens of Pakistan and India - wounded," the statement reads.

The ministry said the incident had no effect on the facility’s work.